Gardening Questions HERB ROOT ~ GERANIMUM ROBERTIANUM
HERB ROOT ~ GERANIMUM ROBERTIANUM
Asked on 19 Mar, 2008
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE SEVERAL OF YOU IDENTIFIED AS CORAL BELLS HEUCHERA AND I THINK IT'S QUITE LOVELY. HE THINKS IT'S A WEED CALLED HERB ROOT ~ GERANIMUM ROBERTIANUM AND IM NOT SO SURE HE'S RIGHT. I HATE TO PULL IT OUT. WOULD IT BE OK TO JUST LET IT BLOOM AND IF IT TURNS OUT A WEED, TAKE IT OUT THEN. IT IS CONTAINED IN A WOODEN BOX. I COULDN'T FIND INFORMATION USING THAT TITLE.
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20 Mar, 2008
I don't think it is heuchera-much more likely to be herb robert. Does a lot of seeding around the garden but its not unpleasant. I have a lot of it whether I like it or not!
20 Mar, 2008
I dig them up as soon as I see them - they have quite pretty small pink flowers, but seed everywhere, unfortunately. They are really weeds, Harli.
20 Mar, 2008
Thank you, I think I will remove it then because I wouldn't be able to tell when it's seeding and my yard is quite full of plants as is.
22 Mar, 2008
If it is Herb Robert it will have a very distinctive smell when handled.Difficult to explain but sort of clinical!!! Niether pleasant of unpleasant.
22 Mar, 2008
yep i would agree, not one i would let grow in my garden once it gets in - it gets everywhere, cracks in pavement, in your path, over takes any pots, luckly not hard to pull out tho - you just have to keep doing it!
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West Midlands
20 Mar, 2008
Herb Robert is G. robertianum, Annual and a bit thuggish. Let it flower, but not seed.